Facilities

The department is housed within the remodeled Darwin Hall and has excellent classroom and laboratory resources, including:

• High Magnetic Field Laboratory with a focus on the electronic and magnetic properties of materials. The laboratory hosts a 17 Tesla superconducting magnet system.

• Adaptive Optics Laboratory for the study of advanced imaging techniques, including the sensing and correction of optical distortions in real-time through the use of microelectromechanical deformable mirrors.

• Applied Nuclear Laboratory that includes an intrinsic germanium detector, an alpha particle detector, and a liquid scintillation counter.

Galbreath Wildlands Preserve Observatory: The observatory is currently in the development phase. When completed, it will be used for advanced research in astronomy and astrophysics undergraduate instruction, and science and technology outreach at the K-12 level.